Year-End Lists

American Songwriter: Top 25 Albums of 2019, listed alphabetically

[see also 2023 • 2020 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

• House of Sugar
  (Sandy) Alex G
• All Mirrors
  Angel Olsen
• Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest
  Bill Callahan
• Jaime
  Brittany Howard
• Mint Condition
  Caroline Spence
• I Need a New War
  Craig Finn
• Duster
  Duster
• Renegade
  Dylan LeBlanc
• This Land
  Gary Clark Jr.
• On the Line
  Jenny Lewis
• Tales of America
  J.S. Ondara
• The Saint of Lost Causes
  Justin Townes Earle
• White Noise / White Lines
  Kelsey Waldon
• Work To Do
  Marc Cohn & The Blind Boys of Alabama
• Kiwanuka
  Michael Kiwanuka
• Purple Mountains
  Purple Mountains
• Stronger Than the Truth
  Reba McEntire
• there is no Other
  Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi
• Remind Me Tomorrow
  Sharon Van Etten
• Sound & Fury
  Sturgill Simpson
• South of Reality
  The Claypool Lennon Delirium
• The Highwomen
  The Highwomen
• III
  The Lumineers
• Help Us Stranger
  The Raconteurs
• Walk Through Fire
  Yola

Other Great Albums of 2019

• Blood
  Allison Moorer
• When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
  Billie Eilish
• i,i
  Bon Iver
• I Made a Place
  Bonnie “Prince” Billy
• Western Stars
  Bruce Springsteen
• Seneca
  Charles Wesley Godwin
• Out of the Blue
  Dan Luke and the Raid
• No.6 Collaborations Project
  Ed Sheeran
• Traveling Mercies
  Emily Scott Robinson
• Faulkner County
  Erin Enderlin
• Magdalene
  FKA twigs
• So Divine
  Horse Jumper of Love
• Love & the Dark
  Jason Hawk Harris
• Bad Wiring
  Jeffrey Lewis & The Voltage
• Fever Breaks
  Josh Ritter
• Norman Fucking Rockwell!
  Lana Del Rey
• Thanks for the Dance
  Leonard Cohen
• Why Me? Why Not.
  Liam Gallagher
• Painted Image
  Liz Brasher
• We Get By
  Mavis Staples
• Desert Dove
  Michaela Anne
• When You're Ready
  Molly Tuttle
• Colorado
  Neil Young
• Ghosteen
  Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
• Room 41
  Paul Cauthen
• invisibility
  people-proof
• Morbid Stuff
  PUP
• Hot Spring
  Spencer Radcliffe
• The Unseen In Between
  Steve Gunn
• Eraserland
  Strand of Oaks
• Lover
  Taylor Swift
• I Am Easy to Find
  The National
• Father of the Bride
  Vampire Weekend